This month's Read It / See It at Arvada Library is based on Victor Hugo's 1865 novel, Les Misérables[1]. Long considered one of the greatest novels ever written, Les Misérables follows the life of ex-convict, Jean Valjean, who becomes a force for social justice and compassion in a France that is rife with extreme poverty and class disparities.

The novel has been adapted to the stage and screen many times throughout the years, with one of the most famous being the 1980 stage adaption[2] by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boubel which ran from March 1987 to May 2003 with 6,680 performances! [3]We shall see the most recent adaption starring Hugh Jackman, Russel Crowe, Amanda Seyfried and Anne Hathaway. Please join us!